# Not able to edit track number
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766 "2024-12-06T22:34:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/1 "2024-12-06T22:34:17Z")
Hello, i recently upgraded to newer version. I am now unable to edit the track number(s) in the columns. Mp3tag will however allow editing of track numbers in the tag panel. How might i regain this function?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/2 "2024-12-06T22:36:21Z")
Please show us the definition for the column that should show track numbers.
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/3 "2024-12-06T22:43:46Z")
I was previously able to edit this column (which i do quite often), Not i must edit the track numbers in the tag panel, which is much more work.
thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/4 "2024-12-06T22:45:57Z")
That is a screenshot of the MP3tag window but not about the definition for that what gets displayed in the column.
The settings should look something like this:
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/5 "2024-12-06T22:53:08Z")
That is what i have. The numeric box was not checked. I checked it to match your image, still not able to edit.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/6 "2024-12-06T22:55:12Z")
Then please check the Options for Tags\>Mpeg and what tag versions you read, write an delete.
Pay esp. attention to APE tags and what happens if you switch off and on reading them (and re-read the files after each modification of the settings)
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/7 "2024-12-06T22:59:33Z")
I tired changing the value a couple of times, that did it. it seems to work ok now. Thank you very much for your help!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/8 "2024-12-06T23:02:07Z")
Well, sort of.
It actually means that you have APE tags in your files and they get out of sync as you apparently do not write them (but read them).
If you do not really need the APE tags then I would delete them and set MP3tag not to read and write them at all.
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/9 "2024-12-06T23:12:33Z")
Hmmm, i am not aware of any APE tags at all.The files in the example i sent don't have any (i just checked). I changed the settings, this is what i have now.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/10 "2024-12-07T07:01:48Z")
You have to look at the settings for
Options-\>Tags-\> **Mpeg**.
The Screenshot of your settings in
Options-\>Tags-\> **Ape**..
should not have any influence on your Mp3s.
If you enlarge your first screenshot so that the column "Tag" can be fully seen we can see whether you have ape-tags.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766/11 "2025-01-06T07:02:32Z")
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